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One person was killed and three were injured after an explosion in the entrance of an office of Russia’s Federal Security Service in the country’s north. A 17-year-old entered the FSB building in Arkhangelsk and blew himself with a homemade bomb, Russia’s Investigative Committee said. He died of his own wounds. Russia opened an investigation into suspected terrorism. One person died and three people were injured after a 17-year-old detonated a home-made bomb at the offices of Russia’s security services (FSB) in northern Russia on Wednesday, Russia’s Investigative Committee said. Reuters reported that Russia has opened an investigation into suspected terrorism after the explosion at the offices of the domestic security and intelligence service in the city of Arkhangelsk. The suspect, who investigators said was from the city, according to Reuters, entered the building and blew himself up at the entrance. He died of his own wounds. Three FSB staff … [Read more...] about 1 person is dead and 3 are injured after an explosion at a Russia’s FSB intelligence agency

Russian citizen Mikhail Bochkarev speaks to journalists on Friday after being set free form custody in Oslo. Photo: Vidar Ruud / NTB Scanpix / AFP Norway will release a Russian suspected of spying, the country's intelligence agency announced on Friday, adding that it had withdrawn its appeal against his release. A Norwegian court ordered his release on Thursday, the judge ruling that investigators had failed to substantiate their case. But Bochkarev was kept in custody after the PST intelligence agency appealed the decision. On Friday however, the agency tweeted: "The PST has decided to withdraw its appeal. He is released today." They offered no explanation for the decision. There had been speculation that Bochkarev might be used as leverage in efforts to obtain the release of a Norwegian held in Russia on suspicion of spying, although the PST has denied any connection between the two cases. Russia had denounced the charges … [Read more...] about Norway to free Russian spy suspect: intelligence agency

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... LONDON — The West unleashed an onslaught of new evidence and indictments Thursday accusing Russian military spies of hacking so widespread that it seemed to target anyone, anywhere who investigates Moscow’s involvement in an array of criminal activities — including doping, poisoning and the downing of a plane. Russia defiantly denied the charges, neither humbled nor embarrassed by the exceptional revelations on one of the most high-tension days in East-West relations in years. Moscow lashed back with allegations that the Pentagon runs a clandestine U.S. biological weapons program involving toxic mosquitoes, ticks and more. ADVERTISEMENTSkip The nucleus of Thursday’s drama was Russia’s military intelligence agency known as the GRU, increasingly the embodiment … [Read more...] about West accuses Russian spy agency of scores of attacks

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... AlertMe BRUSSELS — The United States and other Western nations leveled a torrent of new allegations against Moscow’s secretive GRU military spy agency on Thursday, accusing its agents of hacking anti-doping agencies, plane crash investigations and a chemical weapons probe as well as launching cyberattacks that rocked America’s 2016 election and crippled Ukraine in 2017. The roll-call of GRU malfeasance began at midnight in Britain, when British and Australian authorities accused the Russian agency of being behind the catastrophic cyberattack that caused billions in losses to Ukraine in June 2017 and a host of other hacks, including the Democratic Party email leaks and online cyber propaganda that sowed havoc before Americans voted in the 2016 presidential election. … [Read more...] about West accuses Russian spy agency GRU of scores of attacks

Gregory Katz and Lorne Cook, Associated Press Updated 8:07 am CDT, Thursday, October 4, 2018 In this Friday, April 21, 2017, image the headquarters of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, OPCW, are seen in The Hague, Netherlands. The Dutch defense minister on Thursday Oct. 4, 2018, accused Russia's military intelligence unit of attempted cybercrimes targeting the U.N. chemical weapons watchdog and the investigation into the 2014 Malaysian Airlines crash over Ukraine. less In this Friday, April 21, 2017, image the headquarters of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, OPCW, are seen in The Hague, Netherlands. The Dutch defense minister on Thursday Oct. 4, 2018, ... more Photo: Peter Dejong, AP U.S. Secretary for Defence Jim Mattis, right, talks to Britain's Defence Minister Gavin Williamson before a signing ceremony following a meeting of NATO defence ministers at NATO … [Read more...] about Russian intel agency GRU accused of ‘brazen’ cybercrimes